Allium canadense
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Meadow Garlic
Alliaceae
Plant Specifics
Form: | Flower | |
Size: | 1 ft tall by 0.1 ft wide but spreads through creation of new bulbs and can form relatively large clumps and patches of onions. | |
Life Span: | Long-lived perennial | |
Flower Color: | White | |
Fruit Color: | Brown | |
Phenology: | Summer and winter dormant. Blooms in early spring. | |
Noted for: | Aroma, fragrance, Showy flowers |
Landscaping
Recommended Uses: | Wildflower garden, informal groundcover, or herb garden. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Propagation: | Transplant bulbs, plant bulblets that are produced at the flower head, or grow from seed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Availability: | Seed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Light: | Full Sun, Part Shade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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(Stays Wet ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Moisture Tolerance: | Stays Wet ----- to ----- Not wet but not extremely dry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salt Spray/ Salty Soil Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil or other substrate: | Clay, Loam, Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Soil pH: | Circum neutral |
Ecology
Wildlife: |
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Insects: | Pollinated by bees and other insects. | |
Native Habitats: | Ruderal, especially roadside ditches. |
Distribution and Planting Zones
Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
8A 8B 9A 9B

USDA zones are based on minimum winter temperatures
Comments
Ethnobotany: | Add to your herb garden next to the chives. Leaves are solid (not hollow like chives and other onions) and can be used raw or cooked to add a mild garlicky flavor. | |
General Comments: | The inflorescence consists of a few long-stalked flowers with 6 tepals and many bulblets that tend to sprout in place. The first leaf from the bulblet tends to curl giving the structure a wild-haired appearance. |